Helsinki, Finland - December 2008 ++NIGHT SHOTS++ 1. Wide of square ++MUTE++ 2. Wide of street, decorated trees 3. People looking at decorated shop window 4. Close up of small girl with crown on her head looking in 5. Pan of decorated shop window Oslo, Norway - December 2008 ++DAY SHOTS++ 6. Wide of City Hall, Nobel Peace Prize signs, Christmas lights 7. Tilt down of Nobel Peace Prize sign, Christmas lights 8. People walking, Christmas lights 9. Close up of Christmas decorations 10. Tilt down from lights to people on street ++NIGHT SHOTS++ 11. Pan from Christmas tree to people strolling, Christmas lights Berlin, Germany - 21 December 2008 ++NIGHT SHOTS++ 12. Wide of boulevard with Christmas lights hanging in trees, Brandenburg Gate in background 13. Wide of Christmas market 14. Christmas hats on Christmas stall 15. Wide and zoom in to customer looking at traditional German handmade figurines 16. Santa on Christmas stall 17. Close of Christmas decorations 18. Tilt down of Christmas fairy on stilts 19. Father carrying son around market 20. Wide of ferris wheel Geneva, Switzerland - December 2008 ++NIGHT SHOTS++ 21. Wide of Geneva lake 22. Wide of shopping area, tram passing 23. Mid shot of people walking 24. Various of chocolates in shop window 25. Mid shot of people shopping 26. Wrapped presents 27. Exterior of shop 28. Various of Christmas lights 29. Tilt down of Christmas tree STORYLINE: Streets in many European cities are glittering with Christmas decorations as people go about their festive shopping, even as people cut back expenses as they try to keep the fires of festive cheer burning in tough economic times. For some, the crisis means no presents for close family or giving useful presents, like clothes or books. For others, decorations and Christmas holiday are out while economy drives are in. In Helsinki, Finland, Christmas shoppers have been enjoying the festive lights, some stopping to admire shop windows decorated with snow puppets. In the Norwegian capital Oslo, people strolled along the decorated city streets. In the German capital Berlin, shoppers crowded the city's Christmas markets and people walked along Unter den Linden, the boulevard leading to the Brandenburg Gate. In the Swiss city of Geneva, some sampled local delicacies in sweet shops. A Swiss study is predicting a 2.4 percent fall in overnight stays across the country this winter, and Switzerland Tourism says the decline will be steeper if the nation's appreciating currency - a result of global market turmoil - continues its upward swing. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/797a13d38fcfd1880c9dae31ae74f67b Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork